Snow-free Growing Degree-days Late Season Mean (2002-2021)
Description
This is a map of accumulated fall snow-free growing potential (snow-free growing degree days, SFGDD) for the Upper Gunnison domain, derived from daily maximum air temperature maps interpolated from weather station and microclimate sensor data combined with Landsat-derived estimates of the timing of seasonal snowpack departure and onset. The original daily maps are also available.<br /><br />Snow-free growing degree-days were accumulated from day-of-year 197 to day-of-year 305 (July 16th to November 1st in a non-leap year). To compute growing degree days, daily estimates of temperatures above a base of 5 degrees Celcius (the minimum growth threshold for many plants) were summed across all days estimated to be free of snow. Because snowpack insulates the ground surface and soil from the atmosphere, this estimate can be a more appropriate measure of the energy available for biological processes in snow-dominated climates.<br /><br />This map represents the mean of annual values computed from 2002 to 2021. Estimates for individual years are also available.<br /><br /> <br /> In addition to the download links on this page, you can access this dataset and metadata using the <a href="https://github.com/rmbl-sdp/rSDP/">rSDP R Package</a>:<br /> <br /> #devtools::install_github('rmbl-sdp/rSDP')<br /> library(rSDP)<br /> dataset <- sdp_get_raster('R4D047')<br /> metadata <- sdp_get_metadata('R4D047')<br /> <br /> For more information about rSDP, visit the <a href="https://rmbl-sdp.github.io/rSDP/"> package homepage</a>.
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